Sunday, May 17th, 2020
250 Pakistani prisoners brought back home from Malaysia
ISLAMABAD, MAY 17 – More than 250 Pakistani prisoners in Malaysia were brought back to the country on Saturday via a Malaysian airline. The flight landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. All the passengers were screened and tested for the novel coronavirus. They have been shifted to a quarantine centre. The development came after efforts by Pakistani High Commissioner in Malaysia Amna Baloch. She has been sending these prisoner via three flights. So far, 350 prisoners have reached Pakistan. The airline is expected to bring back moreRead More
PIA domestic flights resume with higher prices
ISLAMABAD, MAY 17 (DNA) – PIA resumed domestic flight operations in the country on Saturday, operating two flights from Karachi to Lahore and Islamabad and one from Lahore to Karachi. As part of a series of precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, each alternate seat is being left empty. But the burden of these empty seats is being passed on to passengers. A one-way flight from Karachi to Lahore costs Rs21,815, according to the PIA website. A flight to Islamabad is priced the same. PIA is also goingRead More
Calls for International Youth’s Response to COVID-19
ISLAMABAD (DNA) -Around 50 participants from over 15 countries came together to deliberate on applying youth’s potential to help deal with current coronavirus pandemic and looming global threats and challenges to sustainability, such as climate change. Youth from Azerbaijan; Botswana; Cameroon; China; Egypt; Ghana; Greece; Jordan; Kenya; Norway; Pakistan; Switzerland; Tanzania; Tunisia; Turkey; Uganda; United Kingdom; and Zimbabwe participated in s webinar titled “Role and Challenges of Youth in Global Crisis – COVID-19”, organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS). Moderated byRead More
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan discussed the current state and prospects of bilateral cooperation
Tashkent, Uzbekistan , MAY 17 –– On 13 May, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov held talks via video conferencing with the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the meeting, the current state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in the trade, economic, investment, transport and logistics, and cultural and humanitarian fields were discussed. In particular, it was noted that the it is necessary to hold in Tashkent in theRead More
AIIB, ADB developed a project concept to support Uzbekistan’s healthcare system
Deputy Prime Minister Sardor Umurzakov, in a videoconference, discussed with the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun the state of implementation of joint projects, as well as prospects for cooperation to mitigate the effects and negative impact of the global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic on the economy of Uzbekistan. “During the talks, Jin Liqun announced the Bank’s firm intentions to accelerate the implementation of projects to support the healthcare system of Uzbekistan, increase the potential of the private sector and develop basic infrastructure inRead More
Mercy Corps plans to launch Food for Education program in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan , MAY 17 – Representatives of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in the USA conducted an online consultation with the vice president of the American non-governmental organization “Mercy Corps” Dina Esposito and employees of regional structures of this NGO. During the meeting, prospects for the implementation of the five-year program of the US Department of Agriculture “Food for Peace” in the amount of US$21.5 million were discussed in Uzbekistan, Dunyo reported. In 2019, the US Department of Agriculture included Uzbekistan in the list of priorities for the implementation of theRead More